Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
CESAR CHAVEZIt takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
More Cesar Chavez Quotes
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The only ones who make things change are fanatics. If you’re not a fanatic around here, you can’t cut it.
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Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other.
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Real education should consist of drawing the goodness and the best out of our own students. What better books can there be than the book of humanity?
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We have looked into the future and the future is ours.
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To make a great dream come true, the first requirement is a great capacity to dream; the second is persistence.
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It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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We’ll organize workers in this movement as long as we’re willing to sacrifice. The moment we stop sacrificing, we stop organizing.
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I became a vegetarian after realizing that animals feel afraid, cold, hungry and unhappy like we do. I feel very deeply about vegetarianism and the animal kingdom.
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You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read.
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Because we have suffered, and we are not afraid to suffer in order to survive, we are ready to give up everything – even our lives – in our struggle for justice.
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There’s no turning back. We will win. We are winning because ours is a revolution of mind and heart.
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Those who are willing to sacrifice and be of service have very little difficulty with people. They know what they are all about. People can’t help but want to be near them. They help them; they work with them. That’s what love is all about. It starts with your heart and radiates out.
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When you have people together who believe in something very strongly – whether it’s religion or politics or unions – things happen.
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History will judge societies and governments – and their institutions – not by how big they are or how well they serve the rich and the powerful, but by how effectively they respond to the needs of the poor and the helpless.
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In giving of yourself, you will discover a whole new life full of.
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